- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Marcus C. Easterling ’30 Chair Professor
- University Distinguished Professor
- Phone: 979-845-3738
- Email: jc-han@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 303
- Website: Research Webpage
Educational Background
- Sc.D. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1976
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1973
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 1970
Research Interests
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- Advanced experimental and computational methods in convection heat transfer
- Heat transfer enhancement
- Heat transfer in rotating cooling channel flows
- Film cooling in unsteady high turbulent flows
- Advanced cooling in gas turbine for aircraft propulsion
- Advanced cooling in hydrogen turbine for clean power generation
- Advanced clean energy technology
Awards & Honors
- AAAS Fellow - 2024
- ASME Honorary Member - 2020
- ASME K-14 Best Heat Transfer Paper Award - 2018
- ASME and AICHE Max Jakob Memorial Award - 2016
- AIAA FELLOW - 2016
- ASME IGTI Aircraft Engine Technology Award - 2016
- ASME Heat Transfer Division 75th Anniversary Medal - 2013
- ASME K-14 Warren Rohsenow Prize for Best Presentation - 2007
- Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University - 2006
- ASME IGTI Certificate Award for Valued Service as K-14 Chair - 2004-2006
- AIAA Thermophysics Award - 2004
- ISROMAC (International Symposium on Rotating Machinery) Award2004 ISROMAC (International Symposium on Rotating Machinery) Award - 2004
- ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in the Art Category - 2002
- Marcus C. Easterling Chair, Texas A&M University - 2001
Selected Publications
- Han, J.C., and Wright, L.M., Experimental Methods in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, CRC Press, 2020, ISBN #978-0-367-89792-5, 368 pages.
- Han, J.C., “Advanced Cooling in Gas Turbines 2016 Max Jakob Memorial Award Paper,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 140, No. 11, 2018, pp. 113001-1-20.
- Han, J.C., “Fundamental Gas Turbine Heat Transfer,” ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Special Issue: 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Heat Transfer Division, 5: 021007.1-021007.15, 2013.
- Han, J.C., Dutta, S., and Ekkad, S.V., Gas Turbine Heat Transfer and Cooling Technology, second edition, CRC Press, 2012, ISBN# 978-1-4398-5568-3, 869 pages.
- Han, J.C., Analytical Heat Transfer, CRC Press, 2011, ISBN #9781439861967, 352 pages.